Contela Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Contela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina | 7 | 1:6,106,202 | 178,634 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Contela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Contela Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Contela has its highest incidence in Argentina. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Contela? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 6,360,413th most common family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. It is predominantly found in The Americas, where 89 percent of Contela live; 78 percent live in South America and 78 percent live in Hispanic Southern America.
The last name Contela is most numerous in Argentina, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 6,106,202. In Argentina Contela is primarily concentrated in: Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, where 86 percent reside and Buenos Aires Province, where 14 percent reside. Other than Argentina it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Spain, where 11 percent reside and The United States, where 11 percent reside.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Contela
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